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, religion, or if they have different social standards. Social justice requires respect because if one does not have respect for another the world would fall apart as in fights, riots, and nothing would get accomplished. The character of Atticus Finch demonstrates respect by how he shows kindness to other races, shows his sympathy for other classes in the community, and shows courtesy to social outcasts in the town. Atticus has respect for everyone he generally comes across. Atticus, a…

Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is a single dad with two children-Scout and Jem-who are six and nine years old. Throughout the book, Scout and Jem experience many mysteries, one being about Boo Radley; the neighbor who apparently has been locked inside for decades. Atticus had a predicament of his own. Atticus decided to take on the role of defending Tom Robinson, a black man accused with raping a white woman. Atticus Finch and Boo Radley are characters that demonstrate…

Compassionate and bounteous, disciplinary but fair, there is no doubt that Atticus Finch is an excellent, if not almost perfect, father to Scout and Jem. Atticus is an honorable and courteous Southern gentleman, the ideal citizen, and an all in all phenomenal human being. As a widower, Atticus is forced to take on the role of a single father. He, with the help of Calpurnia, does his utmost to raise his children to the best of his ability. It was once said that “a father is neither an anchor to…

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch risks and sacrifices his family’s safety and dignity to uphold justice for an African American man in 1930s Alabama. Finch takes the burden of defending a falsely accused man when no one else would dare, yet he compromises his standing in the community for his own moral convictions, solidifying his integrity and revealing the key purpose of the novel. The meaning of the work, is epitomized by Atticus Finch’s sacrifice in the face prejudices,…

How did Atticus Finch take care of his children, and was he good at it? To Kill a Mockingbird takes place during the Great Depression in the racially divided town of Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus Finch, a highly respected lawyer in the town of Maycomb, was the widowed father of two children, Jem and Scout. As both a father and a lawyer, Atticus had many responsibilities, one of which included raising his children responsibly. While Atticus took his job as a father very seriously, the methods he used…

Atticus Finch shows the traits and qualities of a good, respectful man. He teaches his kids good character and shows courage throughout the book. Atticus Finch is also a very well mannered and well civilized man, and does not show any signs of discrimination throughout the book as he defends an innocent black man in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. He believes in what is right rather than what is popular, and risked his own job to help Tom Robinson. Atticus Finch was very brave throughout the…

Lawyer Atticus Finch, in his closing argument from the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee stated in the Tom Robinson case discusses racial prejudice. Finch’s purpose is to convince the jury, race has nothing to do with Tom Robinson’s innocence. He adopts a moralistic tone in order to persuade the jury Tom Robinson is innocent. Finch furthers his purpose by effectively employing rhetorical devices to inform the jury to put aside their differences and make the choice in which can set an…

town of Maycomb, Alabama in the mid-1930s, Atticus Finch tells his children about courage. Atticus himself is rather courageous in different ways. One of his children, Scout, Also shows certain ways of being courageous. Scout’s older brother Jem has a handful of these acts as well. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird, she expresses her thoughts on courage through characters and events throughout the story. First of all, Harper Lee uses Atticus Finch to show her definition of courage. She…

“Low-down skunk with enough liquor in him to make him brave enough to kill children” (Lee, 360) These are the words of Mr. Tate to tell Atticus Finch what he truly thinks of Bob Ewell. One thing about This is true because, Bob loves to drink, but when he does, he has no self-control and even attacks the children of the person he hates the most, Atticus Finch. Bob and Atticus have two drastically different lives, they have totally different social classes and ways of thinking and behaving.…

To Kill a Mockingbird took place during a time where segregation was common. Atticus Finch, father of Jem and Scout, was to defend Tom Robinson, a black man. During this time period his case was hopeless. Many people would consider Atticus Finch a clever man. He expected his children to follow certain values, so he displayed them. He also believed everyone deserved equality and justice, which is why he took the Tom Robinson case. In spite of the fact that Tom would not have a fair trial due to…